The (Half) Truth by Harper Leddy

Author:Harper, Leddy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

13

Jason

“Your friend decided not to come?” Aaron asked when I joined him in the back seat of the Uber.

He’d gotten us hooked up with a VIP section through the chick he’d met at Taste of the Town. I was surprised, considering it was a Saturday night and he’d apparently set this up recently. Then again, when Aaron wanted something, he usually found a way to make it happen.

I shrugged, trying to act like Tatum’s decision to stay at the house didn’t bother me. “She’s not much of a partier.” While that might have been true, her decision had more to do with not wanting to get caught in a lie than it did her lack of desire to go out.

Technically, I hadn’t even wanted to come, but Aaron had made a big deal about how he’d set it all up for me, my last hoorah before starting my job on Monday. I’d eventually given in, mostly to shut him up, and figured I’d just leave early if I wasn’t having fun. It was ten, so midnight would give me a solid two hours, and if I was enjoying myself, I’d stay later.

“Tell me again who she is? Do I know her?”

“She’s just a friend who’s crashing at my place for the weekend.” I left out the part that they had met once before—not for any particular reason other than my own personal need to keep her to myself.

“Oh.” Insinuation flooded his tone. “A postbreakup booty call of sorts?”

“Something like that.”

“Does she know that’s all it is?”

I groaned to myself, not really wanting to discuss this with him. “We talked about it.”

That made me think about the conversation Tatum and I had had over lunch yesterday. We’d just gotten back from dropping off my paperwork at Wiseman, and to my surprise, she’d made us both sandwiches. We’d needed to discuss everything before any assumptions could be made, yet admitting that I wasn’t interested in more than sex had basically justified Kelsey’s accusations. I’d never felt like more of an ass than I had then.

“We’re both basically dealing with the same shit as far as relationships are concerned,” I continued.

The driver parked next to the curb and waited silently until we exited his vehicle. If the thumping of the bass and throngs of people crowding the door were any indication, I wouldn’t be here long.

However, Aaron’s hookup didn’t disappoint. We were escorted to the far side of the dim room, just past the first packed bar. A small balcony-like area sat raised about four and a half feet higher than the main floor, with a few steps that led to the platform. A waist-high rail lined the front of the space, making it semiprivate. I’d seen roped-off sections like this one in the past, and I had always wanted to know what it was like to be in one. Now that I was here, I found it rather depressing—I didn’t feel like the rock star I’d thought I would.

I followed him, feeling very much like an outsider as he greeted four other guys in the secluded alcove with man hugs.

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